In part four of our series on the negotiations toward a new current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between MLB and the MLBPA, we’ll take a look at the draft. How the draft works is currently a topic of discussion between the owners and the players. The First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule Four Draft, is Major League Baseball’s primary method for assigning amateur...
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Good morning, Mets fans! It appears that the Mets have three finalists for the managerial position. Mets manager finalists: Showalter, Espada, Quatraro — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 12, 2021 The Mets are expected to interview Buck Showalter, Joe Espada and Matt Quatraro again. Owner Steve Cohen is expected to join the interview process and it is reasonable to expect the Mets will have...
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Multiple reports Sunday revealed the three finalist for the Mets’ managerial position: Buck Showalter, Joe Espada and Matt Quatraro. Reports from Ken Davidoff, Joel Sherman and Tim Healey all contributed to the final list of names. All three candidates will interview with general manager Billy Eppler again, only this time, owner Steve Cohen will be involved in the conversations. Earlier in...
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Updated Post, Decmber 12, 2021, 4:42 PM EST After Buck Showalter was basically a shoe-in for the Mets’ second round of manager interviews, the NY Post confirmed that Joe Espada made it to the second round of interviews, too. There’s no word of if those two are the only names or if another name will surface over the next day or two from the initial crop. We posted earlier about Buck...
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I missed last week’s recap (the Mets got Scherzer, if you forgot), but the recap is back this week as the players still remain locked out of using MLB facilities by owners. The Mets still had plenty of action going on this week as the team looks for who will manage its players once they’re allowed back into dugouts and on the field. Let’s look at what went on this last week....
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In between the regretful trades of Nolan Ryan to Anaheim in 1972 and Tom Seaver to Cincinnati in 1977 was the departure of one of the most beloved players in franchise history. Months before that infamous Ryan-for-Fregosi deal with the Angels, the Mets were on the receiving end of a great trade for Montreal’s Rusty Staub. It was a move that broke the hearts of a city that had fallen in...
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